Community briefs: April 27

Published: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 12:15 p.m.

Students entering sixth grade this year are required to receive the booster dose of the Tdap vaccine, which includes protection from tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

School nurses from the Henderson County Department of Public Health will hold Tdap vaccine clinics at the county’s middle schools to help meet this requirement. Clinics will be offered at the following locations and times:

u 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday: Flat Rock Middle School.

u 3:30-6 p.m. May 6: Rugby Middle School.

u 2-5:30 p.m. May 7: Hendersonville Middle School.

u 3:30-6 p.m. May 9: Apple Valley Middle School.

Children who have Medicaid, or are uninsured, or whose insurance does not cover vaccines will not be charged. If your child has N.C. Health Choice, North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield, MedCost, United Health Care or Medicaid, bring a copy of the insurance card or Medicaid card to the vaccine clinic.

A parent or guardian must be present when the student receives the vaccine. For any other insurance plan not listed above, the charge is $60.

Workers to offer May Day salute

Employees from around the Asheville-Buncombe County area will honor International Workers’ Day at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville with a rally, speeches and moving picket to City Hall.

The moving picket will end at Pack Memorial Library, where organizers will facilitate a collaborative conversation on labor and workers rights within our community.

Workers from 80 countries celebrate the day every year to commemorate the Haymarket affair of 1886 in Chicago. Local workers have remembered May Day with rallies for at least the past couple of years.

Participants this year will include representatives from Just Economics, the Asheville Homeless Network, the Industrial Workers of the World, Freedom Road, Earth First and the International Socialist Organization. Call 828-230-6902 or 828-381-5919 for more information.

<p>Rising 6th-graders need Tdap vaccine </p><p>Students entering sixth grade this year are required to receive the booster dose of the Tdap vaccine, which includes protection from tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.</p><p>School nurses from the Henderson County Department of Public Health will hold Tdap vaccine clinics at the county's middle schools to help meet this requirement. Clinics will be offered at the following locations and times: </p><p>u 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday: Flat Rock Middle School. </p><p>u 3:30-6 p.m. May 6: Rugby Middle School. </p><p>u 2-5:30 p.m. May 7: Hendersonville Middle School. </p><p>u 3:30-6 p.m. May 9: Apple Valley Middle School.</p><p>Children who have Medicaid, or are uninsured, or whose insurance does not cover vaccines will not be charged. If your child has N.C. Health Choice, North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield, MedCost, United Health Care or Medicaid, bring a copy of the insurance card or Medicaid card to the vaccine clinic.</p><p>A parent or guardian must be present when the student receives the vaccine. For any other insurance plan not listed above, the charge is $60. </p><p>Workers to offer May Day salute </p><p>Employees from around the Asheville-Buncombe County area will honor International Workers' Day at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville with a rally, speeches and moving picket to City Hall.</p><p>The moving picket will end at Pack Memorial Library, where organizers will facilitate a collaborative conversation on labor and workers rights within our community.</p><p>Workers from 80 countries celebrate the day every year to commemorate the Haymarket affair of 1886 in Chicago. Local workers have remembered May Day with rallies for at least the past couple of years.</p><p>Participants this year will include representatives from Just Economics, the Asheville Homeless Network, the Industrial Workers of the World, Freedom Road, Earth First and the International Socialist Organization. Call 828-230-6902 or 828-381-5919 for more information.</p>